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While it seems that Apple and Samsung are capturing most of the smartphone market, there are plenty of different models to choose from, representing several vendors and at least four popular platforms: Android, iOS, Symbian, and Windows Phone.

One regular reader recently wondered which current smartphone models are popular among the Ars cognoscenti, and we're curious, too. So we put together a mega poll, covering most of the popular models from the top manufacturers, as well as some catchall "other" and "none" categories.

So tell us: what is your current, primary smartphone? If you have more than one (for work or other such things), pick the one you use most often, or the one you personally chose for yourself. The list is long, so be sure you look over it carefully. While we tried to make sure we covered all the top models, feel free to tell us about a particular one you think deserves recognition in the comments.

The poll is missing the "dumb phone" option. I still use a simple flip phone. Texting disabled. Went into the programing and even disabled the EVDO radio for better battery life. I use my cell phone as a phone and nothing else.

The poll is missing the "dumb phone" option. I still use a simple flip phone. Texting disabled. Went into the programing and even disabled the EVDO radio for better battery life. I use my cell phone as a phone and nothing else.

A Samsung Galaxy S and I hate it, the thing is broken beyond any degree of tolerance. This is my second Android phone (the first one being the HTC Hero), I also owned a Nokia N900. I cannot afford to replace it currently but when I can it will be with an iPhone or perhaps one of Nokia's Lumia 920 phones.

Original Galaxy S (Epic)I don't see why more recent smartphones can't have a slide-out keyboard.

I used to say the same thing when I owned my HTC Touch Pro 2 (Windows 6.5, OUCH!), but then I was told by many that Swype isn't all that bad. Gave it a try, bought my Galaxy S2 and now I love it. Once you get accustomed to it, it works pretty well. Just gotta watch out for some misspellings, Swyped "gonna" but it placed "Gina" in the text. Sent it to the gf and got a back right away asking, "Who the hell is Gina?!"

Finally upgraded my wonderful Droid X to a RAZR MAXX (needs more X's!). It's not bad, but it doesn't fit on that little crook in front of the tach/speedometer for navigation as well as the X did. (keeps falling off when accelerating). I know, that's a minor complaint.

You do realize that between "feature phone" and "no phone" there's this thing called a "phone", right? I've got a TracFone for phone calls and an iPod Touch for "smart phone" features. Since I really only use the phone for travel and emergencies, I save hundreds of dollars over the course of the year with this setup.